Special Report Transcript Episode 80, Section 6, Time 38:00

Let’s turn our attention now to another memory of our past that should not be lost. In the late 1700s the white settlers in South Africa forced slaves to carry identity books so that they could control their movements. In some way or another pass books had existed since then. But when the National Party came into power in 1948 and formalized the ideology of apartheid they needed more efficient instruments to separate races and enforce white rule. The dompas was born. It ruled the lives of millions of black adults until 1986. It was probably the greatest single human rights violation of our past.

Notes: Max du Preez

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